Blake Lively’s Movie It Ends With Us Gets New Summer Release Date

Blake Lively fans will have to wait a little longer to see the actress return to the big screen.

Film adaptation by Colleen Hoover It ends with us, starring Lively as Lily Bloom, will hit theaters June 21, PEOPLE confirms. The film was originally scheduled to release on February 9.

The Gossip girl The alum also executive produced the film, which was directed by costar Justin Baldoni. While Jane the Virgin The alum and his production company, Wayfarer Studios, optioned the book in 2019, with cast announcements not confirmed until January 2023.

Blake Lively goes red-headed filming ‘It Ends with Us’ with Justin Baldoni in Jersey City

Blake Lively and Brandon Sklenar were spotted on the set of “It Ends With Us”.

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Baldoni plays Ryle Kincaid, with whom Lively’s character falls in love. Jenny Slate plays his sister, and Brandon Sklenar plays Bloom’s first love, Atlas Corrigan, who unexpectedly comes back into her life.

“Lily Bloom thinks she’s found the love of her life in Ryle Kincaid. However, after a troubling incident of abuse reminds her of her dark past, she must decide if only love can save her marriage. Further complicating matters is the return of her first love : a man she took in years ago when he was homeless,” reads the film’s synopsis.

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“I think Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively have what it takes to bring these characters to life and I can’t wait for you guys to see that happen,” Hoover said in a January 2023 Instagram video about the film adaptation of her novel. “I’m so excited, everyone. I can’t even get my head around this.”

Hoover addressed the age differences between the characters in her romance novel and the real-life actors who played them at her Book Bonanza festival in June.

“When I wrote It ends with us, new adult (genre) was very popular. You wrote characters of student age. This is what I was contracted to do. I made Lily very young. I didn’t now, when neurosurgeons were trained for 50 years. There is no 20-something neurosurgeon,” she said, according to Today.

Cover of the book “It ends with us”. Atria books

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“When I started shooting this movie, I think we have to age them because I messed up. So it’s my fault,” she added, according to the news.

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